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— 5". Tashiro: The metabolism o£ the resting nerve and its corre- 

 lation to the direction and rate of the nerve impulse. — R. G. Pearce: 

 Renal secretory nerve fibres. — A. L. Beifeld, H. Wheelon and C. 

 R. Lovelette: The effect of pancreas extract on sympathetic irrita- 

 biHty. — B. H. Schlomovitz, J. A. E. Eyster and W. J. Meek: Distri- 

 bution of chromotropic vagus fibres within the sinoauricular node. 

 — Ida H. Hyde: The relation of the nervous System to a tunicate 

 larva. — /. F. McClendon: Some experiments on the oxidizing 

 power of oxyhemoglobin. 



Papers read by title. E. G. Martin and P. G. Stiles: Some 

 characteristics of vasomotor reflexes. — M. Dresbach: Experiments 

 on transplantation of the pancreas. — W. J. Meek and /. A. E. 

 Eyster: The action of adrenaHn in minimal doses. — E. G. Martin: 

 The validity of inductorium calibrations. — A. J. Carlson: The al- 

 leged action of the bitter tonics on the secretion of gastric juice in 

 man and dog. — A. J. Carlson and H. Ginshurg: Blood transfusion 

 in pancreatic diabetes. — A. J. Carlson: On the secretion of gastric 

 juice in man. — /. F. McClendon: Increase of permeability of the 

 frog tgg at the beginning of development, as determined with the 

 nephelometer. 



In addition to eight papers that had been placed on the program 

 to be read by title, sixteen Communications which were to have 

 been orally reported were read by title only, because the authors 

 were absent from the meeting. The failure of the authors of these 

 sixteen papers to appear seriously marred the scientific program, 

 The Sec'y hopes that this meeting will be the high-water mark of 

 the bad habit of reporting papers to be read without going to the 

 meeting to present them. In cases of unavoidable absence through 

 sickness, the Sec'y should be notified, so that readjustment may be 

 made even after the program is in print. As for those who asked 

 to be placed on the program and then chose to stay away from the 

 meeting, the Sec'y feels that the annual meetings of the society are 

 too important to be made the subject of practical jokes of that type. 



Executive proceedings. Constitution. Some important 

 changes in the Constitution were adopted. The importance of re- 

 search as the qualification for election to membership in the society 

 was more explicitly emphasized. Voting by mail or proxy was 

 abolished. 



